Cowboys to Keep Mum
Date: 01 February 1997
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Dallas Cowboys' owner Jerry Jones is preventing anyone in organization, including coach Barry Switzer, from discussing football-related matters with news media (S)
Replaying Saturday, February 1, 1997
The February 1, 1997 was a Saturday under the star sign of ♒. It was the 31 day of the year. President of the United States was William J. (Bill) Clinton.
If you were born on this day, you are 29 years old. Your last birthday was on the Sunday, February 1, 2026, 141 days ago. Your next birthday is on Monday, February 1, 2027, in 223 days. You have lived for 10,733 days, or about 257,603 hours, or about 15,456,187 minutes, or about 927,371,220 seconds.
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1st of February 1997 News
News as it appeared on the front page of the New York Times on February 1, 1997
Axa Sells Stake In the Reinsurer Scor
Date: 01 February 1997
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Axa, world's second-largest insurer, says it sold its minority stake in reinsurer Scor as part of string of share sales totaling 2.16 billion French francs ($390 million); sells all of its 7% stake in Scor to Goldman, Sachs, J P Morgan and Fox Pitt, Kelton for 780 million francs (S)
Caltex to Dismiss 50 on Singapore Staff
Date: 01 February 1997
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Caltex Petroleum says it will dismiss 50 employees, or about 15% of its staff in Singapore, as part of revamping plan (S)
SAP Says Net Was Up 40% in 1996
Date: 01 February 1997
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
SAP AG, maker of business management software, says that 1996 net profit rose 40%; pretax profit in fourth quarter soared to 457 million marks ($280 million) from 289 million marks, in part because companies bought SAP software to help cope with switch to European common currency in 1999; net profit in 1996 rose to 567 million marks ($348 million) (S)
ABBOTT LABORATORIES TO BUY FRENCH COMPANY
Date: 01 February 1997
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Abbott Laboratories says it agreed to acquire Alcyon Analyzer SA, closely held French maker of bench-top clinical chemistry laboratory analyzers (S)
SINCLAIR BROADCAST TO ADD TV AND RADIO STATIONS
Date: 01 February 1997
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Sinclair Broadcast Group Inc says it agreed to buy Las Vegas, Nevada, television station, KUPN-TV, for $87 million and two Buffalo radio stations, WGR-AM and WWWS-AM, for $1.5 million (S)
CONRAIL POSTPONES MEETING TO AVOID COUP
Date: 01 February 1997
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Conrail Inc says it will hold its annual shareholders meeting on Dec 19, 1997, seven months later than normal; pushing meeting date back is seen as a defensive tactic should Norfolk Southern Corp, hostile bidder for railroad, seek to win control of board (S)
Chip Sales Were Down 1% in December
Date: 01 February 1997
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Semiconductor Industry Assn reports that worldwide sales of computer chips fell 1% in December from November and percent from December 1995; that represents drop in sales to $10.99 billion in December from $11.09 billion in November (S)
German Concern To Pay Ex-Chief
Date: 01 February 1997
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Metallgesellschaft AG says it will pay its former chief exec, Heinz Schimmelbusch, 1.5 million marks ($920,000) as part of out-of-court settlement concerning his dismissal in Dec 1993 (M)
The Wrong Lesson For Children
Date: 02 February 1997
Peter Levinson letter on Jon Katz's Jan 19 article on new and old media (S)